Religion - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/religion/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:39:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Has God Forgotten about Us? https://bahaiteachings.org/god-forgotten-us/ https://bahaiteachings.org/god-forgotten-us/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=38516 God came to us in the long-distant past, and gave us our great Faiths. Today, though, has God forgotten about us?   When God visited us, it was recorded in...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/god-forgotten-us/feed/ 2 How Many Paths to God? https://bahaiteachings.org/many-paths-god/ https://bahaiteachings.org/many-paths-god/#comments Wed, 20 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=34231 how-many-paths-god-2How many paths are there to God? There are as many paths to God as there are souls on the Earth. – Rumi Most people would probably agree that we...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/many-paths-god/feed/ 9 Is God Mad at Us? https://bahaiteachings.org/god-mad-us/ https://bahaiteachings.org/god-mad-us/#comments Thu, 07 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=38621 Is God Mad at Us?Do natural disasters mean that God is mad at humanity? This subject is too big for a text conversation, yet a friend and I began sharing some random thoughts via...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/why-the-indigenous-messengers-of-god-matter/feed/ 14 Was Adam the First Prophet? https://bahaiteachings.org/was-adam-the-first-prophet/ https://bahaiteachings.org/was-adam-the-first-prophet/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79241 In his book Some Answered Questions, Abdu’l-Baha offers a stunning explanation of the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis – one that makes the myth meaningful and relevant at...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/was-adam-the-first-prophet/feed/ 1 What My “Yes” to Baha’u’llah Means for My “Yes” to Jesus https://bahaiteachings.org/what-my-yes-to-bahaullah-means-for-my-yes-to-jesus/ https://bahaiteachings.org/what-my-yes-to-bahaullah-means-for-my-yes-to-jesus/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=80549 Those who convert from one religion to another are usually assumed to have turned away from their former faith – but it was a completely different story for me. At...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/what-my-yes-to-bahaullah-means-for-my-yes-to-jesus/feed/ 2 For Those Who Seek Nirvana, Did the Buddha Teach Atheism? https://bahaiteachings.org/those-seek-nirvana-did-buddha-teach-atheism/ https://bahaiteachings.org/those-seek-nirvana-did-buddha-teach-atheism/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=69383 To say that Buddhism is atheistic may be an overstatement, a generalization, and a misunderstanding of the Buddha’s purpose, so let’s look at that subject in a different way. RELATED:...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/religion-needs-renewal/feed/ 2 ‘The Secret of Wealth’: The Baha’i Work Ethic https://bahaiteachings.org/the-secret-of-wealth-the-bahai-work-ethic/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-secret-of-wealth-the-bahai-work-ethic/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=84448 A black woman smiling while working: the baha'i concept of true wealthYou’ve probably heard of the Protestant work ethic from the renowned sociologist Max Weber’s classic treatise, “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism,” which links Puritanism to modern capitalism. ...

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